Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

U.S. Philips Corporation

Peter Malobabic

Roland Waldner

Merowech Eckel

Wolfgang Moser

Nikolaus Knoflacher

Johann Unteregger

Alice Lauer

A shaving apparatus ( ) with an upper cutter ( ) which has at least one hole configuration ( ) for co-operation with a lower cutter, and with information indicia ( ) which are formed by characteristics ( ) which are associated with a respective hole configuration ( ) and provide information on the function of the hole configuration ( ) concerned, is structured such that the characteristic ( ) associated with a hole configuration ( ) is provided directly in the area of the hole configuration ( ) and hence on the upper cutter ( ) with the hole configuration ( ).

Shaving apparatus with an upper cutter with characteristics for information purposes

A hair-cutting apparatus ( ), which preferably takes the form of a shaving apparatus, includes a toothed cutting device ( ), which has a toothed cutter ( ) having at least one row of hair catching teeth ( ), the hair catching teeth ( ) each having a non-bent first portion which extends from the respective tooth base ( ) and a bent second portion ( ) which adjoins the first portion ( ) and which extends up to the free end ( ) of the respective hair catching tooth ( ), a distance L existing between the bounding faces ( ) of the non-bent first (&quest;) portions ( ) of the hair catching teeth ( ), which bounding faces are remote from the free end portions ( ) of the hair catching teeth ( ), and the free end portions ( ) of the hair catching teeth ( ), which distance L lies in a range between 0.7 mm and 1.3 mm and preferably has a value of 1.0 mm.

Toothed cutter having hair-catching teeth with bent tooth end portions

A depilation apparatus is provided which comprises at least one pair of depilation rollers (3, 4; 5, 6) arranged at the location of an opening (2) in the apparatus for access to their circumferential surfaces, which rollers are rotatably supported, which are rotatable in opposite directions, and which cooperate circumferentially with one another, the depilation rollers being supported to project freely with one of their end portions and the opening in the apparatus at least partly exposing the freely projecting end portions of the depilation rollers.

Depilation apparatus

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Klagenfurt, Austria

Peter Malobabic